Don Bendino

Don Bendino was the Mayor of Bagheria, Sicily for several years. He was an Italian Communist Party politician.

Biography
Don Bendino was born in Bagheria, Sicily, and he was a respected friend of Michael Corleone for years. As a member of the Italian Communist Party, he was elected Mayor of Bagheria, and he arranged for a large procession of townspeople (including a band and several enthusiastic PCI supporters) to greet Corleone upon his arrival in Bagheria in 1979, doing so in appreciation of his charitable works in Sicily.